Personification and Hyperbole
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What is personification?
Literary devices used to give
human characteristics to
animals or inanimate objects
For example:
-The breeze whispered in the
night.
-The babbling brook ran
merrily over the rocks.
-The dog smiled at me.
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Create one as a class now:
What is hyperbole?
A device used to grossly
(hugely) over exaggerate
facts.
Examples:
-There was mountain of food
at the buffet table.
-The line was a million
people long for the premier.
-I’m so hungry, I could eat a
horse.
Create one as a class now:
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Answer the following questions in complete sentences on a separate
piece of paper. Any answers that are not in complete sentences will
automatically receive a zero!
Read “Thoughts on Silence” by Mary Jane Sterling
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1. Identify 3 examples of personification.
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2. This poem is about residential schools. In the past Native
children were taken from their families and forced to go to boarding
schools; the results were disastrous. How would you feel about being
separated from your family against your will? Why? (approx. 50 wds)
Read “The Owl” by Edward Thomas
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1. Identify two examples of personification.
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2. Describe an encounter that you have had with a wild animal.
(approx 20-30 wds)